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Color coded rolled tacos, from beef to vegan.
It's all bar seating at J/Wata
Toro temaki, made seconds earlier
One of San Diego's best examples of vegetarian sushi
A blue crab hand roll at J/Wata Temaki Bar
A Chula Vista Brewery flight
Giorgino's serves a sausage ground by the butcher across the street
A smoking surfer mural at Cheba Hut
Cannabis references abound, including plastic plants.
Half of a 12-inch "blunt" of "Kali Mist," a.k.a. California club sandwich at Cheba Hut.
From central Asia to a small strip mall in Clairemont
A stack of Uyghur nan, baked at Kroran Uyghur Cuisine
Lamb plov, similar in name to pilaf
Hand-pulled laghman noodles, the regional dish of Xinjiang
El Carrito, a restaurant inside a "little car"
One of five chilaquiles dishes on the menu
A La Forntera torta at El Carrito, with the Mexican flag planted on the carne …
Frankie Terzoli's BBQ spot in the Morena District
Lamb shank and candied almond coleslaw
Under new occupancy. Still one of the best drinking patios downtown.